Past Events

Past News and Events

ESUG 2018
September 10 - 14, 2018
Camp Smalltalk September 8 - 9
Cagliari, Italy
The conference is over. If you couldn't come, you can catch up on the VA Smalltalk news:VA Smalltalk Update: Hear the success story of our VA Smalltalk 64-bit launch last September, learn all the new capability in the current release, and discuss what's coming up next for the VA Smalltalk product.Application Devlepment with VA Smalltalk: VA Smalltalk is demoed on an IOT device to demonstrate sophisticated features such as remote debugging of runtime applications, cross-platform development, bootstrapped images that can easily reach sizes under 1.5 megabytes and more.

VA Smalltalk Update - Smalltalks 2017 (PDF)
VA Smalltalk continues to evolve. During theis last year, we have all been working on 64-bit support. This comes with mew capabilities and some pitfalls. As usual, you will see th roadmap to the future for VA Smalltalk.

VA Smalltalk 9: Exploring the next-gen LLVM-based virtual machine (PDF)
VA Smalltalk 9 includes all new high-performance 32 and 64-bit virtual machines developed using the popular LLVM compiler infrastructure. This talk gives an overview of what LLVM is and provides a detailed look into the internals of how our LLVN-based virtual machine was implemented.

ESUG 2017
September 4 - 8, 2017
Maribor, Slovenia
The conference is over. If you couldn't come, you can catch up on the VA Smalltalk news:VA Smalltalk Update Learn the dark underside of 64-bit support.EMSRV Update: Find out how EMSRV is adapting to modern programming environments.

Ralph Johnson is part of the Gang of Four that gave us the language to talk about Design Patterns in software. He taught Smalltalk at the University of Illinois with widespread influence on the community. His students include Don Roberts and John Brant, authors of the Refactoring Browser.

Gilad Bracha's work as a language designer and implementer spans Strongtalk and the Animorphic VM, the Java HotSpot VM, and more recently Dart at Google as well as NewSpeak.

Smalltalk notables Allen and Rebecca Wirfs-Brock will give the keynote presentation. Allen was instrumental in developing Digitalk's Visual Smalltalk, as well as a leader in modular Smalltalk design. Rebecca created the field of Responsibility Driven Design, which spawned a variety of modern disciplines such as TDD and BDD. Their presence is just a preview of an outstanding presentation program you won't want to miss.

Georg Heeg re-elected as Executive Director of STIC Georg Heeg, owner of the Software House Georg Heeg eK, was nominated and re-elected on April 30, 2014 for an eighth year in office.

Under Georg Heeg's leadership the Smalltalk community has grown and prospered. May we continue to have steady growth for Smalltalk Industry Council and the Smalltalk industry in its 31st year.

James Robertson, our long-time friend, technical contributor, and tireless Smalltalk evangelist passed away suddenly on April 17, 2014. James' funeral service was held Sunday, April 20. He will be missed and long remembered by everyone in the Smalltalk community.

Monticello Importer (Beta) released
The Monticello Importer supports directly importing Monticello Packages (.mcz files) into the VA Smalltalk library. A beta version will be available on VAStGoodies until VA Smalltalk Version 8.5.2 ships.

Past News and Events

ESUG 2017
September 4 - 8, 2017
Maribor, Slovenia
The conference is over. If you couldn't come, you can catch up on the VA Smalltalk news:VA Smalltalk Update Learn the dark underside of 64-bit support.EMSRV Update: Find out how EMSRV is adapting to modern programming environments.

Ralph Johnson is part of the Gang of Four that gave us the language to talk about Design Patterns in software. He taught Smalltalk at the University of Illinois with widespread influence on the community. His students include Don Roberts and John Brant, authors of the Refactoring Browser.

Gilad Bracha's work as a language designer and implementer spans Strongtalk and the Animorphic VM, the Java HotSpot VM, and more recently Dart at Google as well as NewSpeak.

Smalltalk notables Allen and Rebecca Wirfs-Brock will give the keynote presentation. Allen was instrumental in developing Digitalk's Visual Smalltalk, as well as a leader in modular Smalltalk design. Rebecca created the field of Responsibility Driven Design, which spawned a variety of modern disciplines such as TDD and BDD. Their presence is just a preview of an outstanding presentation program you won't want to miss.

Georg Heeg re-elected as Executive Director of STIC Georg Heeg, owner of the Software House Georg Heeg eK, was nominated and re-elected on April 30, 2014 for an eighth year in office.

Under Georg Heeg's leadership the Smalltalk community has grown and prospered. May we continue to have steady growth for Smalltalk Industry Council and the Smalltalk industry in its 31st year.

James Robertson, our long-time friend, technical contributor, and tireless Smalltalk evangelist passed away suddenly on April 17, 2014. James' funeral service was held Sunday, April 20. He will be missed and long remembered by everyone in the Smalltalk community.

Monticello Importer (Beta) released
The Monticello Importer supports directly importing Monticello Packages (.mcz files) into the VA Smalltalk library. A beta version will be available on VAStGoodies until VA Smalltalk Version 8.5.2 ships.